All Men Are Created Equal

As a young teen growing up in the city of Khamfi, all Jubril knew was the attachable comforts of his own city. While reading the exploited differences concerning religion, origin, and people living in Khamfi, what really caught my attention was Jubril’s discomfort with women. The seemingly brief conversation and observations he concluded of these women stood out for a couple reasons. In my opinion, it seems as if Jubril doesn’t really see a purpose in women and occasionally found humor in what they wore or how they did things. Akpan even addressed in writing what Jubril thought which was saying that “as long as they are women, he just put them in one category—it was easier that way”. In addition, he also said, “Only three days before, this would not have been possible. He would have preferred to trek a thousand miles on foot than to sit in the same vehicle of a woman”. Personally it seems as though he viewed women in a disgusting way, something you rather not be close to, something truly low and purposeless. In other words, he was only impressed with a single individual, one that reminded him of his mother.

As viewed through Jubril’s eyes, men are somewhat at a higher level than women. Men have so much pride and hold more status in which women are not to necessarily stand up to men “in public” as he would say. Inequalities between men and women have existed tremendously throughout our history and still somewhat today although the issue is continuously fought.

The link below shows the struggles women have gone through in terms of equality, especially through the times of war.
http://sfr-21.org/women.html